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Created page with "An '''inflection''' is a microtonal accidental. Using this term allows the term '''accidental''' to refer exclusively to sharps, flats and naturals. Accidentals and inflections are referred to collectively as '''alterations'''. This terminology greatly facilitates discussions of microtonal scores. Examples: {| class="wikitable" |+EDO alterations ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Accidentals ! colspan="2" |Inflections |- ! colspan="2" |Arrows |- |Sharp |Flat |Up |Down |- |&#x26..."
 
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An '''inflection''' is a microtonal accidental. Using this term allows the term '''accidental''' to refer exclusively to sharps, flats and naturals. Accidentals and inflections are referred to collectively as '''alterations'''. This terminology greatly facilitates discussions of microtonal scores.
#REDIRECT [[Nominal-accidental chain#Inflections and alterations]]


Examples:
[[Category:Terms]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+EDO alterations
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Accidentals
! colspan="2" |Inflections
|-
! colspan="2" |Arrows
|-
|Sharp
|Flat
|Up
|Down
|-
|♯
|♭
|^
|v
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+[[Pergen]] alterations
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Accidentals
! colspan="4" |Inflections
|-
! colspan="2" |Arrows
! colspan="2" |Slashes
|-
|Sharp
|Flat
|Up
|Down
|Lift
|Drop
|-
|♯
|♭
|^
|v
|/
|\
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Just intonation alterations
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Accidentals
! colspan="6" |Inflections
|-
! colspan="2" |Prime 5
! colspan="2" |Prime 7
! colspan="2" |Prime 11
|-
! rowspan="2" |color notation
|Sharp
|Flat
|Yo
|Gu
|Zo
|Ru
|iLo
|Lu
|-
|♯
|♭
|y
|g
|z
|r
|1o
|1u
|-
!FJS notation
|♯
|♭
|5
|/5
|7
|/7
|11
|/11
|-
!Prime-factor Sagittal
|♯
|♭
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
These usages of the terms accidental, inflection and alteration were coined by [[Kite Giedraitis]].
 
 
TO DO: complete the Sagittal entries

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